NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Martin Truex Jr.'s start to the 2013 season couldn't get much worse. Despite having a fast NAPA Toyota in all but one race this year, the New Jersey native has little to show for it. As a result he has decided to take a new approach starting this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway.

A restart crash at Martinsville Speedway, last week, left the number 56 Toyota battered, and it's driver disappointed. He left Virginia in 25th place in the points after the sixth race of the season. A far cry from 2012 when Truex was near the top of the NASCAR Sprint Cup points for the entire season.

A change needed to be made, and Truex thinks it needs to start with his and the team's approach to each race.

“I think with the way our season has started, we need to forget about points and just go racing. We need to try and get some wins. This could be a good thing for us. Obviously we go to the track to win, but I think with the position we are in, we can afford to gamble a little bit. I don’t think we have to worry about protecting our position. I know we have fast NAPA Toyotas. My team is incredible and Texas is a good place to get things going.”

Texas may just be the track to test this theory. Truex sat on the pole for this race last season, and finished sixth. He finished 13th in the October race, making him one of the top point scorers at the speedway last season.

He is also a big fan of the track for it's speed, and the wear on the asphalt that causes a driver to really have to hustle the car to get it around.

Something had to change for Truex to have any chance of returning to The Chase in 2013. He hopes this new approach will be just what the doctor ordered. If not, the cure may have to come in more significant changes.